Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-01-23
UNION PACIFIC,S SCOOP.
AN ADVERSE REPORT FROM
THE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE.

The House Informed That the Legal
Authority for the Consolidation OF the
TrancOntinental Lines VIII Be Brought
Out If sn lnvestig alton of the Accounts
of the Roads is Authorized.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 22.-In the House
to-day. owing to a mistake in the publica-
cation In the Record this morning of the
vote upon the adoption of the confer
ence report on the interstate commerce
bill, numerous corrections of the Record
were made.
Mr.. Hammond, from the Committee on
Judiciary, reported back adversely the
resolution calling on the Attorney Gener-
al for Information as to the legal author
lty under which the directors of the
Union Pacific Railroad Company con-
solidated that company with the Kansas
Pacific Railroad Company and the Denver
Pacific Railroad Company, and reorgan-
Ized the same under the name of the
Union Pacific Railway Company, and
under which the last named company
issued stock and trust loans. The reso-
luton was laid on the table.
DRIFT OF THE REPORT.
4 The report accompary ying the resolu-
ton states that the information desired
will be obtained if the joint resolution
which passed the House few days ago
= for an investigation OF the accounts OF
/. the Pacific railroads shall become a law !;
r and tnat for seventy years, from Writ to
d Garland, 1t had been uniformly held that
"a the Attorney General cannot legally give
n opinions when called upon by Congress
or its committees.
MIR. Wilson, of West Virginia, from the
q Committee on appropriations, reported
4 the District of Columbia Appropriation
q bill, and it was referred to committee OF
the whole. 1t makes u total apprOpria-
u tion of So, ,679, ,029, while the estimates sub.
4 mitted by the commissioners aggregated
4 S4,20S, 494. The appropriation for the cur
; rent year was $3,51S, ,263. The principal
items of increase are in the apprOprla-
tions tor the improvements OF streets aud
for public schools. No appropriation is
made for tue extension of suburban
streets and avenues,
The Seuate amendments were concur
red in to the bill for the forfeiture of the
New Orleans, Baton Rouge and Nicks-
AZ burg land grant, and to confirm settlers
titles to certain of these lands. TIE vote
was 81 to 81.
THE HAWAIIAN TREATY.
AM Mr.. Wallace, of Louisiana, offered a
resolution, which was adopted. reciting
that the President and Senate have agreed
q TO and ratIhed the convention by which
a the terms OF the treaty between the United
M States and the government OF the Ha-
waiian Islands have been extended seven
years longer, and that the treaty contains
provisions for the admission OF certain ar
toles free of duty. and lnstructing the
Committee on Judiciary to inquire intO
these facts and report to the House
whether treaty which involves a rate OF
duty to be imposed on any article can be
valid and binding without the concur
renee of the House OF Representatives.
LITTLE FILIBUsrERING.
M The House then resumedin the mOrnin g
hour consideration OF the bill increasing
the rate OF pension allowed for total deaf.
ness to $40 per month. The oppOnents of
the bill refrainpd from voting and left the
House without a quorum, and IN this
Condition it remained until the morning
hour had expired, and the bill went over
without action.
Alter some tilibustering Oy the Repub-
licans,in retaliation upon the Democrats
for their refusal to vote upon the
pension bill, the House went into
committee of the whole upon the river
and harbOr bill.
STONES OPPOSITION.
Mr.. Stone, of Missouri, opposed the bill
because 30 per cent. Of the waterways
appropriated for were OF only local i'm
portance. and becauEe many OF the APP
prOpriations were for a continuance OF
works at places where the balance al
ready was sufficient to answer all the re-
quirements for the next fiscal year.
Mr.. CatchIngs, of Mississippi, made a
carefully prepared speech explanatory
and euogistic OF the work OF the Missis-
sippi River Commission, and in favor of
continuance of the improvement in ac-
cordance with the plans prepared by It.,
which, he cOntended, had accomplished
all that Its most ardent friends could
Wish. The general debate then closed,
the commission rose and the House at
5:30 O'Clock adjourned.